Display box



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. l F. X. LIST DISPLAY` BOX Filed Sept. 1. 1921 2 sheets-sheer 2 mmh;

Patented .lune l0, 1,924.

FRANK xAvER Lisr, or NEW xoRx, N. x.. COMPANYz or NRW YORK. N. Y..

GFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL CARD :MOUNTING A CORFORATIOIN OF NEW YORK.

DISPLAY BOX.

Application led September 1, 1921. Serial No. 497,541,

' support for the body when in display position'to hold such box body at an inclination sloping toward a prospective customer where the goods may be viewed to best advantage. It is an object of the invention to make a one-piece display box involving a box body for the receipt of thev goods and a cover for closing such box bodyin the shipment thereof, and being flexibly connected with an end portion of the box body to permit of the Vfolding of the cover over to a position where it may constitute a stand and support ythe box body in an inclined position. The onepiece structure is preferably inade from pasteboard or the like and involves the siinplifying of a blank from which the body and cover portion are made and set up, and which calls for the use of only a minimum of material, and is so constructed as to indicate to anyone how the box should bev set The invention also contemplates the provision of a paper display box in which the construction is simple and inexpensive, and which may be set up readily and without effort, and when in the display position constitutes a strong combined merchandise carrier and supporting stand which will not be apt to become unsightly or distorted'in any wise. i

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularlyy pointed out in the claims appended hereto.Y

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is ak perspective view of an improved display box constructed according to ,the present invention;

' and thereagainst.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the box is made;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the box in the display position;

Fig. e is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 5 is a side view of the stand;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6 6 in F ig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the box in the display position; and

Fig. S is a perspective view of the box in the closed position for shipment.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,'the device consists generally of a box y body and a cover flexibly united sothat the cover, besides closing the box as indicated in Fig. 8, may also be rotated rearwardly `relatively to the box body to constitute .a

stand `for supporting an end thereon. The" box body comprises a bottom 1 having end walls 2'and 3 ilexibly connected therewith and adapted to be bent 'upwardly at right angles to the plane of the bottom 1 along the lines of flexure 4 and 5. The end wall 2 is provided with lateral flaps 6 and 'Z foldable over upon the crease lines 8 and 9. In i a similar way the opposite'end wall 3 is equipped with lateral flaps 10 and 11, whichy are in like manner folded relativelyto the end wall which carries them upon the dotted lines 12 and 13.

Vhen set up, the lateral flaps 6, 7 and`10,

11 lie within the side walls 14 .and 15 of the box body which arefoldable upwardly.

with respect to `the bottoni 1 upon the longi-v tudinally broken lines 16 and 17, the flaps,

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6, 7, 10 and 11 being adapted to lie inwardly 20 and 21 and extend inwardly of the lateral flaps, such overlapping parts being provided with lips 22 and 23 bent right angularly and outwardly along the lines indicated so that they lie in the samey plane with the bottoni 1 Such bottom is provided with a number of tongues 24: and 25 cut on arcs Lfrom the bottom portion and being bendable upwardly to engage the lips 22 and 23.

The cover portion of the box is made in the same blank with the body part, as shown `display position. 'flexibly connect with the panel portion 30 in Fig. 2, and forms an extensioncf the end wall 2 thereof, being foldable with respect to said end wall upon the crease line 26. This crease line is that upon which a substantially horizontal flange 27 of the cover bends with respect to the box body. This flange 27 is separated from a companion flange 28 by a line of flexure 29 which permits of the bending of the last mentioned flange upwardly at right angles to allowof its lying against a central panel 30, which constitutes the major portion of the cover and is adapted to extend in an upstanding position above the box body in the display position of the box, as for instance seen in Fig. 1.

The display panel 30 is separated from the flange 28 by a line of incision 31, which is preferably an irregular line for the purpose of imparting to the cu't edges a suitable ornamentation. The ornamentation, therefore, of the top edge of the display panel 30 and a like edge of the flange 28, is com plemental so that it interfits in the closed position of the box, as clearly seen in Fig. 8. The cover portion is provided with lateral flanges 31 and 32 extending about a portion of the sides of the box body and being foldable upon the major cover portion 30 for which suitable lines of iexure are provided. The cover also involves an end wall 33 remote from its connection with the box body having an overlapping part 34 engageable with flaps 35 and 36, which are thus confined between the end 33 and its overlapping part 34.

A lip 36 on the overlapping part 34 is provided to take under a tongue 37 on the ase portion of the cover. In cutting the cover out so that a projecting panel portion may lie above the remainder of the cover in the set up position, a pair of straps 38 and 39 are left connected between the flange 28 and the main panel portion 30 at a point below .its upper edge, when considered in the These straps 38 and 39 at its sides, but it is not necessary that they flex with the flange 28.

In use, the'box body portion is set up by yfolding the end and side walls upon the lines of flexure, and by turning the flaps 6, 7, 10 and 11 inwardly of the sides 14 and 15, the overlapping portions 1S and 19 of the side walls being broughtover thereupon and the lips 22 and 23 engaged between the tongues 24 and 25. This produces a strong, rigid construction suitable for conveying comparatively heavy merchandise in shipment and also for sustaining the same in an inclined position of the box on display.

The cover portion is set up by turning the side flanges 31 and 32 upwardly and folding the flaps 35 and 36 inwardly of the end wall 33, whereupon the overlapping part 34 is brought over on the interior of the flaps and the lip 36 disposed under the ytongue 37 which locks the parts in the set up position. Under these circumstances the cover portion is foldable over upon the top of the box and is openable therefrom along the line of flexure 26. The device thus constitutes a box having a hingedly opening cover swingable upon a crease hinge for giving access to the interior of the box body in the loading of merchandise therein and for its removal therefrom.

When the goods are to be put on display, the cover portion is rotated relatively to the box body in a rearward direction to bring its end wall 33 against the supporting surface. rl`he hinging of the cover in this case will take place initially about the line of flexure 29 which connects the two flanges 27 and 23, and subsequently about the connection of the straps 38 and 39 with the' cover portion.

An opening 4() is provided in the cover portion beneath the panel 30 to receive the end wall 2 of the box body and to support it at an inclination with its lower free edge portion resting upon the supporting `surface. The opening 40 is produced by cutting out a supporting ledge 41 and a reinforcing or locking lip 42 from a'portion of the cover, such ledge being foldable upon a line 43, and the lip being bent over upon a crease hinge 44, the free edges of the ledge and lip being divided by a transverse incision. The supporting ledge 41 thus encounters the bottom 1 of the box inasmuch as such supporting ledge is folded inwardly of the opening 40, the flange 27 is likewise received in the opening 40 and lies `in -the upper portion thereof and against the inturnedl reinforcing and locking lip 42 with which it cooperates to reinforce and strengthen the construction and bind 'the parts in this set up position.

The panel 30 may, of course, receive any suitable printed or pictorial matter in advertisement of the goods displayed in the carton. The display panel and the flange or secondary display panel 28 form an attractive display and atthe same time increase the strength of the box and enablev its ready setting up and its quick return to a closed position.

have illustrated and described a preferred and satisfactory embodiment of vmy invention, but it is obvious that changes may be made therein within thespirit and. scope thereof as defined in the appended claims.

`What is claimed is:

1. A display box comprising a box body,l

and a cover hingedly connected with'one end of the box body and adapted to rest in a substantially upright position to form an easel support for holding the box body in a tilting position, the bottom portion of said cover having a slot to receive the upper end of the box body in the display position, said bottom being cut along a substantially-transverse line near the point of connection with the box body and also for a distance along substantially longitudinal lines intersecting said transverse line and lying inwardly of the side portions of the cover whereby to provide a panel rigid with the bottom portion of the cover and adapted to swing upwardly and baclrwardly when the cover is moved backwards, straps left at the side portions of said panel, said cover being foldable about the straps, a transverse strip extending in front of the lower portion of the panel and a second transverse strip hinging with the lower edge of the first strip and with the elevated end of the box body to permit the body to enter for a distance into the slot and to allow the straps and first strip to lie substantially parallel with and against the bottom of the cover.

2. A display box comprising a box body, and a cover therefor hingedly connected with one end of the box body and adapted to form an easel support Jfor holding the box body in a tilting position, the bottom portion of said cover having a slot to receive the upper end of the box body in the display position, said bottom of the cover being cut along an irregular substantially transverse line near the point of connection with the box body and also for a distance along longitudinal lines intersecting said transverse line and lying inwardly of the side portions of the cover whereby to provide a panel rigid with the bottom portion of the cover and adapted to swing upwardly when the cover is moved backwardly and downwardly to provide the support, straps left at the side portions of said panel, said cover being foldable about the straps, and a transverse strip having an ornamental upper edge being a complement of the ornamental upper edge of the panel, said strip extending in front of the lower portion of the panel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, and I have signed my name hereunder.

FRANK XAVER LIST. 

